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Staplegrove West, Taunton, Somerset: Archaeological Evaluation |
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Cotswold Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in July and August 2015 on land at Staplegrove (West), Taunton, Somerset. A total of forty-two trenches was excavated. The evaluation identified archaeological remains dating from the Prehistoric, Roman and post-medieval periods. Evidence for activity on site which may pre-date the Iron Age was limited to four pieces of worked flint, all of which were probably residual in later contexts. A large rectilinear agricultural ditched enclosure, believed to have origins in the Mid to Late Iron Age, was identified in the central part of the site. This feature appeared to have continued in use into the Roman period, with the addition of a possible droveway into the mid 1st to 2nd-centuries AD. Furthermore, a possible roundhouse, ring-ditch or stock enclosure, was recorded which may be contemporary with the Iron Age remains. This, along with evidence for crop processing on site which was also identified, suggests the site may have been used for settlement in addition to agriculture in this period. Two post-medieval field boundaries attest to the agricultural use of the site in the 16th to 18th-centuries. |
Author: |
Charlotte C Haines
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Publisher: |
Cotswold Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Staplegrove West, Taunton, Somerset |
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Somerset |
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Somerset West and Taunton |
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STAPLEGROVE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 321000, 126800 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cotswold2-230621 |
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15658 |
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |